Stu Allen & Friends perform a tribute to "Dylan and the Dead" at Great American Music Hall, February 6, 2016

Slim's presents A Tribute to Dylan and the Dead featuring Stu Allen and Friends
2016-02-06
Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94109-7005
9:00 PM, Saturday, February 6, 2016

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1. Tangled Up in Blue (RJ)
2. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (GLe)
3. When I Paint My Masterpiece (GLe/RJ/AK)
4. [9:35 PM] Maggie's Farm (GLe/RJ/SA/SP/BR)
   [-SP; +GLo]
5. [9:56 PM] Simple Twist of Fate (GLo)
6. [10:06 PM] Slow Train (SA)
   [-GLo]
7. [10:15 PM] Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (RJ)
8. [10:29 PM] If Tomorrow Wasn't Such a Long Time (SA)
   [set ends 10:36 PM]

[11:12 PM lights down]

1. [11:16 PM] Highway 61 (SA)
2. [11:25 PM] It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (GL)
3. [11:34 PM] Señor (SA)
4. [11:45 PM] Queen Jane Approximately (SA)
5. [11:54 PM] Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 (SA)
6. [12:04 AM] All Along the Watchtower (AK)
7. [12:18 AM] Gotta Serve Somebody (SA)
   [+CP]
8. [12:26 AM] Jokerman (CP)
9. [12:35 AM] From a Buick Six (CP)
   [set ends 12:42 AM]
    
   Encore
10. [12:47 AM] Touch of Grey (AK)
    [show ends 12:54 PM]

• Stu Allen: guitar, lead (s1t04, t06, t08, s2t01, t03-t05, t07) and harmony vox;
• Scott Guberman: keyboards, Hammond B3 organ, harmony vox;
• Ross James: guitar, lead (s1t01, t03-04, s1t08) and harmony vox;
• Alex Koford: drums, lead (s1t03, s2t06, s2t10) and harmony vox;
• Grahame Lesh: guitar, lead (s1t02-04, s2t02) and harmony vox;
• Ezra Lipp: drums;
• Greg Loiacono: guitar (s1t05-06), lead (s1t05) and harmony vox (s1t06);
• Scott Padden (s1t04): tambourine, lead and harmony vox;
• Chuck Prophet (s2t08-t09): guitar, lead vox;
• Brian Rashap: bass, lead (s1t04) and harmony vox.

We missed the first three songs due to our prior engagement with Kronos at Miner Auditorium, drat! Oh well, I'm happy that we were able to catch most of the show nonetheless!

And not to quibble or anything, but it seemed just a little odd that the setlist omitted about half of the album that was being celebrated. Knockin' on Heaven's Door was listed on the planned setlist (slated for Scott Guberman to sing, wrapping up set two), but I Want You and Joey were mysteriously absent. C'est la vie! The tunes that were subbed in were certainly plenty of fun, and only a picky bastard would quibble about the missed possibilities – as if there was any chance of covering all of the great Dylan tunes that the Grateful Dead played over their tenure as a performing unit. Maybe if it was a 12-hour marathon show… Hmmn, now there's an idea worth pursuing!

Jon Hart was running his multitrack recording rig, so with a bit of luck, you'll be able to hear this show via the Live Music Archive sooner or later. And I'll be able to solve the mystery of who sang lead on the verses of Maggie's Farm – I know for sure that Scott Padden and Brian Rashap took one each, but the printed setlist just says “ALL” and I failed to take notes, so until then, all I have is my dim-witted recollection!

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